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Wisconsin testing finds mostly youth ill from H1N1 flu
Posted: June 21, 2009 05:28 PM
Updated: June 21, 2009 06:50 PM
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- State health officials say the death of a 12-year-old Wausau area girl -- the fourth person to die of H1N1 flu in Wisconsin -- continues a pattern of the virus sickening more youths than adults.
Seth Boffeli of the Department of Health and Family Services says of the nearly 3,500 confirmed or probable H1N1 flu cases, 74 percent are people under the age of 19.
He says the more traditional flu generally hits elderly people the hardest, causing them to see a doctor more than younger people.
Marathon County Health Officer Julie Willems Van Dijk of Wausau says it's unknown why the number of young people with H1N1 flu is so much higher.
She says researchers are investigating whether older people who were exposed to H1N1 flu in the 1970s may have some protections that young people don't.
Wisconsin testing finds mostly youth ill from H1N1 flu
Posted: June 21, 2009 05:28 PM
Updated: June 21, 2009 06:50 PM
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- State health officials say the death of a 12-year-old Wausau area girl -- the fourth person to die of H1N1 flu in Wisconsin -- continues a pattern of the virus sickening more youths than adults.
Seth Boffeli of the Department of Health and Family Services says of the nearly 3,500 confirmed or probable H1N1 flu cases, 74 percent are people under the age of 19.
He says the more traditional flu generally hits elderly people the hardest, causing them to see a doctor more than younger people.
Marathon County Health Officer Julie Willems Van Dijk of Wausau says it's unknown why the number of young people with H1N1 flu is so much higher.
She says researchers are investigating whether older people who were exposed to H1N1 flu in the 1970s may have some protections that young people don't.